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Boeing expands UK footprint following Spirit AeroSystems acquisition

Defence

Boeing expands UK footprint following Spirit AeroSystems acquisition

8 December 2025

Boeing today announced the company has completed its acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, significantly expanding its UK footprint in Northern Ireland.

RAF Waddington hosts hydrogen energy tech demo

Defence Events

RAF Waddington hosts hydrogen energy tech demo

8 December 2025

GeoPura has delivered a landmark demonstration of its resilient, zero-emission hydrogen energy technology at RAF Waddington, showcasing the capability of two Hydrogen Power Units (HPU-Ms) to provide robust, off-grid electrical power suitable for deployed, expeditionary and main-base resilience applications.

Airbus completes acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems

Aerospace

Airbus completes acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems' sites

8 December 2025

Airbus has closed the transaction with Spirit AeroSystems for the acquisition of industrial assets dedicated to its commercial aircraft programmes, including those providing wing components for the A320 and A350 in Prestwick, Scotland and for A220 wings and A220 mid-fuselage production in Belfast.

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Babcock unveils ARMOR

Defence

Babcock unveils ARMOR

8 December 2025

Babcock has unveiled ARMOR Force (Autonomous and Remote, Maritime Operational Response – Force), an architecture of disaggregated systems and platforms capable of independent operations and connected by advanced digital capabilities.

UK reveals Atlantic Bastion tech

Defence

UK reveals Atlantic Bastion tech

8 December 2025

The UK has unveiled work on its groundbreaking Atlantic Bastion programme, which will make Britain more secure from Russian undersea threats in the North Atlantic, through a transformation of the Royal Navy and its submarine-hunting capabilities.

MASS delivers Joint Venture 2025

Defence Events

MASS delivers Joint Venture 2025

8 December 2025

Defence and training support company MASS and its JCAST partners, have successfully delivered Joint Venture 2025 alongside the UK MoD’s Integrated Warfare Centre (IWC) - the capstone annual operational validation event ensuring the UK is prepared for war in Europe.

Scottish Airspace Modernisation consultation reaches halfway point

Aerospace

Scottish Airspace Modernisation consultation reaches halfway point

8 December 2025

The Scottish Airspace Modernisation consultation, which launched on 20th October, has reached its midpoint, with the Coordinated Airspace Change Proposals (ACPs) - led jointly by NATS, Edinburgh Airport and Glasgow Airport - giving communities, political representatives and other stakeholders the opportunity to share their views.

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GKN Aerospace to expand additive manufacturing capabilities in Norway

Aerospace

GKN Aerospace to expand additive manufacturing capabilities in Norway

8 December 2025

GKN Aerospace Norway and Norwegian Catapult Manufacturing Technology in Kongsberg (Kongsberg Technology Cluster) have signed a strategic agreement to invest in and expand advanced additive manufacturing capabilities at GKN Aerospace’s engines facility in Kongsberg.

Cobham Satcom and Gatehouse Satcom

Defence Security Space

Cobham Satcom and Gatehouse Satcom's Network Division to merge

8 December 2025

Cobham Satcom and Gatehouse Satcom today announced a strategic merger between Gatehouse Satcom and Cobham Satcom’s Network Division.

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Mobilising real estate for UK defence resilience

Features

Mobilising real estate for UK defence resilience

2 December 2025

Mark Fergusson, Head of Client Engagement, Tritax Big Box, tells us why building the UK's domestic defence manufacturing resilience will necessitate a more integrated and considered strategic approach.

Evolving aviation weather intelligence: The Met Office

Focus

Evolving aviation weather intelligence: The Met Office's new MAVIS platform

27 November 2025

How trusted and accurate weather data is modernising aviation visualisations.

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Defence Security

DASA opens Cycle 5 of Defence Innovation Loans

29 October 2025

The UKDI-Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), supported by Innovate UK Loans Ltd (Innovate UK), has opened Cycle 5 of Defence Innovation Loans with enhanced support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) developing defence solutions.

Security

UK experiencing four 'nationally significant' cyber attacks every week

14 October 2025

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has handled an average of four ‘nationally significant’ cyber attacks every week in the year to September.

Space

University of Surrey launches Space Institute

16 July 2025

With the UK's £19 billion space economy surging, government and industry urgently need faster research, innovation and skilled talent – yet more than half of space organisations report critical shortages, a challenge now being tackled by the newly launched Surrey Space Institute at the University of Surrey.

Defence Security

Dstl trials underwater robot

11 June 2025

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has trialled an underwater robot which can prevent adversaries from sabotaging undersea cables and pipelines by disarming or removing threats.

Defence

UK Armed Forces to benefit from underwater glue

20 May 2025

An underwater glue that enables rapid repairs to equipment in extreme environments, developed by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and biotech firm Zentraxa, could soon be saving lives and providing UK Armed Forces with an operational edge following successful trials in Portsmouth.

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